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| Alien fighters! The SHADO team live on in high definition, in the UFO Blu-ray Collector's Box. Image: GENEON UNIVERSAL/ITV |
Gerry Anderson's indelible artistic and commercial legacy lives on, as one of his (and our) favourite series, the live-action sci-fi hit UFO, which he co-devised with Sylvia Anderson and Reg Hill, starring the late, great Ed Bishop as the formidable Commander Ed Straker, recently arrived on superb Blu-ray release for the Japanese market, accompanied by some exhaustive extras. Considering the worldwide popularity of the series, sales of this so far unique set, though very pricey, are surely set to soar as fast as an interceptor missile!
Details of the complete package, and picture quality comparisons for the colourful, exciting and thoroughly late-sixties series, can be found here: UFO Series Home Page - UFO Blu-ray discs from Japan
And check out Derek Wadsworth and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra's groovy adaptation of the series main title music (composed by Barry Gray): Re-mastered extended titles For UFO. - YouTube
So far on the horizon, there's no such planned set for the cult favourite in the UK, which previously had a very good DVD release from CARLTON in the early 2000's, but let's hope that someone out there at ITV land, or whoever now has the rights to release the show in Blighty, does the decent thing and bring out something soon that's just as worthy, if not superior, to the Japanese releases.
For all things UFO, check out this great FACEBOOK page: UFO (TV-Series)
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